Walter Masterson, LCSW

Psychotherapy and Counseling

"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but your words will break my heart." Many people with anger issues know the damage that can be done to a relationship with even one outburst. Mastering anger is necessary to having the affection and trust of the people we care about. It has been accurately referred to as 'restraint of pen and tongue' in some literature. While it may seem like an effort one undertakes for others, the primary benefits are to the person who handles their anger. If you are reading this, and the thought "I wouldn't get angry if so-and-so didn't do such-and-such" consider yourself a primary candidate for this work. Discovering how to escape from anger will set you free.

Dustin Kahoud, Psy.D., CASAC

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

We will work together to help you recognize when, how, and with whom you feel most angry and develop a focus on managing these triggers. My approach emphasizes the importance of creating assertive responses to these triggers in place of the aggressive responses that often lead to further pain and anger. Our work together will also enable you to identify how your beliefs, thoughts and the ways you have come to see yourself in the world affect your emotions.

Lisa Lempel-Sander, LPsyA

Licensed Psychoanalyst

Anger management seeks to enable you to control those explosive urges to destroy, obliterate, hurt, or injure when you're angry or provoked. While some of the work we do is cognitive or behavioral in orientation, other parts of the work are psychoanalytic, seeking to help us both reach and heal the deep wounds that engender such a tremendous and often overwhelming sense of rage.
The benefits of bringing your anger under control are self-evident. You can expect improvements in the quality of your personal and professional relationships and will see overall strengthening of self esteem, compassion for self and others, and an overall improvement in your sense of stability and well-being.

Hal Brickman, LCSW, RCSW, CSW, MSW, CHT

New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker

My main approach is to help my client identify situations (contexts), people, behaviors (his and others) that seem to usher in varying degrees of anger. My main message is that anger is an appropriate feeling to loss and frustration, but it is his learning to appropriately express anger in an adaptive manner that leads to emotional growth and the mollification of the anger itself.

Kristin Schaefer Schiumo, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Anger is a completely normal, often healthy, emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the quality of your overall life. You cannot avoid all the situations or people that anger you, nor can you change them, but you can learn to control your reactions to them. We will work to reduce the intensity of your emotions and the physiological arousal that anger causes you, through the use of strategies such as cognitive restructuring, relaxation, problem solving, improved communication, humor, and changing your environment.

Patricia Pitta, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

Clinical and Board Certified Family Psychologist

Anger is a natural and normal use of emotion that helps you get in touch with that which you are feeling. The problem is that most people don't express their anger and let it build up. Then they express themselves through rages, screaming and just being out of control. Relationships become compromised and resentment and bitterness grows. To stop the pattern, you need to first learn to relax your mind and body. Second, you need to identify what is making you angry. Third, role play expressing your feelings in a positive manner. Fourth, learn to listen other's responses to your statements. Fifth, negotiate with calm to resolve the situation. Relax, think, before you respond.

Marc Shulman, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist

There are moments in life when you can feel so overwhelmed and filled with rage that it seems impossible to control your anger. This can have devastating consequences on your life. My approach to anger management will assist you with identifying the roots of your feelings, so that we can collaboratively develop practical strategies that will enable you to control and potentially move beyond these negative emotions and behaviors.

Lisa Mineo, LMFT, CASAC-T

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Trainee

Don't let anger destroy your life and affect those you love! I know anger and intense emotions can be extremely hard to manage. I use a research-based approach to help you gain emotional control and improve your communication and relationships. By working collaboratively to identify your triggers and develop coping skills to help you stay calm in stressful situations, you will feel in charge of your anger for good! I am available for a free 15 minute phone consultation to determine whether anger management with me is right for you - to schedule, send an email to info@nassauwellness.com or call/text (516) 387-5143.

Meredith Silversmith, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

In close relationships, we become most vulnerable, open, and dependent. When conflict arises with our partner, we may react with intense anger which escalates as the argument continues. As these scenarios become more frequent, it's important to seek assistance. Meredith works with couples to help them identify triggers for conflict and reduce and mediate arguments. As each partner gains an understanding of the other's needs and desires, it becomes easier to discuss issues at hand without escalating to anger.

Marina Voron, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

I facilitate Anger Management for individuals, couples, and groups using a 10-session program that teaches you how to manage a great variety of emotions, not just anger. The program provides participants with lifelong skills to cope with adverse feelings when tensions run high and triggers arise in everyday life. I also provide you with a certificate of completion of the program valid for court mandated participants.

Nassau Wellness, Couples Therapy

Marriage and Family Therapists

Out of control anger, hostility, and anxiety don’t only impact the individual, but also those they love most. We provide individual, structured anger management to help you regain control of your emotions and establish a new way of coping with stress and frustration. Our therapists are open, compassionate, and judgment-free. We are available for a free 15 minute phone consultation to determine whether anger management with us is right for you - to schedule, send an email to info@nassauwellness.com or call/text (516) 387-5143.

Melissa Pennica, MA, MFT

Marriage and Family Therapist

Often times, the stressors around you can lead to reactive anger, which prevent you from living your best life. By working with you to uncover these stressors and the way they affect your mood, we can work toward managing your anger and improving your life. In doing so, you will feel in control of your anger and connected to the world around you in a more positive way. I am available for a free 15 minute phone consultation to determine whether anger management with me is right for you - to schedule, send an email to info@nassauwellness.com or call/text (516) 387-5143.

Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs, LMHC, PhD, MD

Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Psychologists & Psychiatrists

In psychotherapy patients can benefit from anger management counseling by learning to better manage powerful emotions such as anger and rage. Patients can also learn to manage strong impulses and modify their behavior. Another focus of anger management may be improving one's communication skills to reduce the drive toward "acting-out." Improvements in these various areas can have positive and long lasting effects on interpersonal relationships.

Kevin Fleming Ph.D.

Coach/Change Agent/Consultant

Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of anger management in a very humane yet fresh perspective. You see, anger is a normal emotion but it is the valence (intensity) as well as the coupling choice of what one does with this that is the problem. Telling someone to "not" do it or modifying behavior with a trite psychological plan that only breeds a compliant response is not the way to change anger. Brainwave optimization is a new cutting edge technology that allows one to rewire circuitry responsible for reactivity driving the anger. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

David Mark, MS, LCSW

By helping individuals connect their irrational beliefs to their ineffectual and sometimes violent consequence, you will learn to take control of your anger and not allow it to control you. Using the ABC's of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy we will explore how activating events in your life and your belief systems or your schema trigger your emotional and behavioral consequences.
Additionally, using a pulse oximeter we will explore the effects of anger on your body and learn how to de-flood your system while learning self soothing techniques.

Rev. Christopher Smith, LCAC, LMHC, LMFT

Helping you find wholeness...

Not being able to control how you act or speak out of anger can be very damaging in some or all of your relationships (parent-child, with a significant other, among friends, even at work). Having uncontrollable anger and feeling angry all the time also does not feel good for the person with those feelings and it's possible to feel regret afterwards for what you have said or done. There is hope, however. Through exploring the anger and practicing techniques that you will learn, you can get to the stage where you can manage your anger (e.g. get angry about the right things and express it appropriately), leading back to a sense of wholeness and peace. Christopher and you can journey there.